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DESCRIPTION:Tuesday August 26th at 12:00 (noon)\, at Latham Library.\nThis 
 month’s title: Nuts and Bolts\, by Roma Agrawal\nFrom group leader E D M L
 andman MD:\nA structural engineer examines the seven most basic building b
 locks of engineering that have shaped the modern world.\nSome of humanity’
 s mightiest engineering achievements are small in scale―and\, without them
 \, the complex machinery on which our modern world runs would not exist. I
 n Nuts and Bolts\, structural engineer Roma Agrawal examines seven of thes
 e extraordinary elements: the nail\, the wheel\, the spring\, the magnet\,
  the lens\, the string\, and the pump.\nTracing the evolution from Egyptia
 n nails to modern skyscrapers\, and Neanderthal string to musical instrume
 nts\, Agrawal shows us how even our most sophisticated items are built on 
 the foundations of these ancient and fundamental breakthroughs.\nEye-openi
 ng and engaging\, Nuts and Bolts reveals the hidden building blocks of our
  modern world\, and shows how engineering has fundamentally changed the wa
 y we live.\nThe book may be obtained from your local library\, via interli
 brary loan\,  possibly as an audio or e-book via ListenUp Vermont or in Ne
 w Hampshire\,  New Hampshire Downloadable Books. Users need only get a bar
 code number from their local library to use the services.  Or you can obta
 in the book from your favorite local bookseller\, or via www.bookfinder.co
 m\, the aggregator site for booksellers both large and small from all over
  the world\, and for books both new and secondhand.\nAll are welcome and w
 e look forward to seeing you.
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  /></div><p>Tuesday August 26th at 12:00 (noon)\, at Latham Library.</p>\n
 <p>This month’s title: <em>Nuts and Bolts</em>\, by Roma Agrawal</p>\n<p>F
 rom group leader E D M Landman MD:</p>\n<p>A structural engineer examines 
 the seven most basic building blocks of engineering that have shaped the m
 odern world.<br />\nSome of humanity’s mightiest engineering achievements 
 are small in scale―and\, without them\, the complex machinery on which our
  modern world runs would not exist. In Nuts and Bolts\, structural enginee
 r Roma Agrawal examines seven of these extraordinary elements: the nail\, 
 the wheel\, the spring\, the magnet\, the lens\, the string\, and the pump
 .</p>\n<p>Tracing the evolution from Egyptian nails to modern skyscrapers\
 , and Neanderthal string to musical instruments\, Agrawal shows us how eve
 n our most sophisticated items are built on the foundations of these ancie
 nt and fundamental breakthroughs.</p>\n<p>Eye-opening and engaging\, Nuts 
 and Bolts reveals the hidden building blocks of our modern world\, and sho
 ws how engineering has fundamentally changed the way we live.</p>\n<p>The 
 book may be obtained from your local library\, via interlibrary loan\,  po
 ssibly as an audio or e-book via ListenUp Vermont or in New Hampshire\,  N
 ew Hampshire Downloadable Books. Users need only get a barcode number from
  their local library to use the services.  Or you can obtain the book from
  your favorite local bookseller\, or via www.bookfinder.com\, the aggregat
 or site for booksellers both large and small from all over the world\, and
  for books both new and secondhand.</p>\n<p>All are welcome and we look fo
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